A Wrightsville woman was charged Tuesday with driving under the influence when she was involved in a fatal collision last December in East Donegal Township.

Shannon Rae Thurman, 30, of the 300 block of Brook Lane, was charged with homicide by vehicle while DUI, two counts of DUI, aggravated assault with a vehicle while DUI and aggravated assault with a vehicle and three separate traffic offenses, according to a Susquehanna Regional police press release.

Susquehanna Regional Police alleged that 30-year-old Shannon Rae Thurman was behind the wheel of the vehicle that crossed into opposing traffic and caused a fatal crash toward 11:17 p.m. Dec. 28, 2013 on Route 441 near Long Lane.

Thurman's vehicle struck a second vehicle northbound on Route 441 head-on, killing the driver of that vehicle, Wagdy Beh Abdel Shaheed, police said. A passenger in Thurman's vehicle was also injured in the crash, police said.

Subsequent blood tests revealed Thurman had a blood alcohol content of .154 percent at the time of the crash, according to the police release.

An extensive investigation and reconstruction of the collision led police to believe Thurman was responsible for the collision, police said.

Thurman was arraigned earlier Tuesday before Magisterial District Judge Scott E. Albert, where she surrendered her license as part of an agreement to be released on an unsecured $100,000 bail, police and court records state.

A preliminary hearing in Thurman's case was scheduled for June 20, court records show.

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